Stretcher for cables, wires, &amp;c.



J1 ASTER. t A. W. MALONE. STM-111111111 POR CABLES, WIRES, 10.. AYPMUATION FILED 131161241912.

Patented 1160.311912 1,- UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK JOHN ASTER, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS` AND ADOLPHUS WILLIAM MALONE, 0F DAVENPORT, IOWA.

STRETCHER FOR CABLES, WIRES, &c.

Applicationl filed August 24, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that we, Fin-:neuron J. ASTER and ADoLrnUs W. MALoNn, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at Rock Island, county of Rock Island, State of Illinois, and Davenport', in the cou'nty of Scottl and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulv .Improvements 1n Stretchers for Cables, Wires, &c., of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. l p

`Our invention r'elat to stretchers for cables or wires and is particularly directed tothe production of a device for this purpose which may be used with cables and wires of various sizes-and provides greater holdingpower therefor according to the' forceapplied to stretch the same, and which may be readily attached to and detached from'the wires or cables and with perfect safety to the operator.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter describedapnd then pointed out in the appended claims.

In '-hedrawings which illustrate a practicalI fnbooiment of our invention Figure l is a top plan view of the stretcher or clamp with a wire in place between its jaws, and associated with a pulling ring; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View upon the line 2 2 of. Fig. 1 lookinnr 1n the directionof the arrows, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. v

`In the drawings thereference letter A indicates a base of suitable metal wbiehis.

somewhat fan shaped or slightly larger at one end than thewother and is provided upon one of its faces with a channel a which is wedge shaped in cross section Vor gradually reduced in width toward one end and whose sides a are uneer out as clearly shown in li ig. 2. The opposite face of the base is pro-v j the jaws are rounded .or curved to increase the gripping Asurfaces of the jaws upon the cable or wire. The jaws are held in place by means of removable pins or screws as passing through the bo'dvof thevbavse and Specification of Letters Patent.

v Patented Dec. {}1.|,1,91'5?.V

serial No. 716,817.

projecting into the channel to engage diverging grooves or slots'b cut in the lowerA portions of the wedges parallel With the in-y clination or bevel of the sides of the jaws, andA top plates a* are fastened tothe upper extend inwardly toward the center of the base to overlie the wedges but leave a pasl sage or channel for the insertion and re`. moval of the wire or cable.

The base is provided at each corner of/ of the ears an angularv metallic hooktD is,l

provided in its` apex or angle with 'an open# lng d and with an oppositely projecting toward each other and lying in the planes of the jaws in such vrelation that the end d2 of each hook will press against the projecting enlarged'end of one of the jaws to crowd or cam the jaws down into the chan-v wardly toward each other on their pivots. The hooksV are connected to a ring or other 'suitable connecting piece E' by means of the linkse engaglng the openings of the'.

rangement of the parts being such that when stress or force is applied to the ring in a direction away yfrom the base the ends of the hooks will be forced down upon the tops of the jaws and cause the latter to move down into the channel and thereby close upon and grip the wire or cable. -Itvisevident that by this construction and arrangement of parts the jaws will have an increased grip or holding power upon `the cable or wire acebrding .to the increasepof the strain or force applied to the ring when drawn away from the base.

By removing the screws or pins a? the jaws can be removed from the base for t-hc purpose of interchanging them with others of different size in order to accommodate wires or cables of different diameters.

In the use of the invention the end of a wire or cable may be slipped into position and in either event when force oist'lram '-gsj:

vce face of the base by suitable screws aand its widest end with an ear a", and in eachfjf pivoted as at d, each of the hooks being lateral end d2, theends project-ing inwardlyA I..

nel -of thelb'ase as the hooks are drawn inhooks and :connected to the ringVthfe ar betvff-.en the jaws when the` latterzare somewhat opened up or an intermediatejportion y of a length of cable or fwilrelmay. befiri serted by loosening the yjaws 'and/passing L the cable into position 'betweettjhe'ajaws a through the opening between thetopip ijatei,Y f

applied to the ring E as above described theA hooks will force the jaws to position to gripv thev cable or wire as shown in Fig. 1,

Y vwhich may then be stretched by continued strain or force upon theA pulling ring, the

increase of the straln upon the ring increasing1 the grip of the jaws upon the cable. W en the wire or cable is properly stretched the action of the jaws thereon is relaxed by relieving the strain or force upon` the pulling ring E which in turn releases .the

parts may-be lmade'without departing fromV the scope of our. invention.

.l f We claim':

1. Inl a device of thejclass described, a base having a beveled channel, an opposite pair of vwedge shaped jaws in the channel spaced a suitable distance apart to receive a. Wire or cable between their adjacent faces,

means to retain the jaws inthe channel,

hooks pivoted on the base and adapted to bear on the enlarged ends of the jaws, and means to move the hooks on their pivots to force the jaws into the channel.

2. In a device of theclass described, a base having a beveled channel provided with opposite undercut sides, an opposite pair of wedge shaped jaws each'having an inclined side to fit one of the undercut sides of the ch'annel, screws passing through the base into the channel .and entering slots inl the jaws, the jaws being spaced apart at their opposite sides to'receive a cable orwire, plates on the base overlying the jaws and providing an opening for the wire or cable, hooks lateral ends caring on the enlarged ends of the jaws, and a pullingdevice attached to the outer ends of the hooks.

ivoted to the base and having,

In testimony whereof we aflixsour signav. 

